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French Nuclear submarine with support vessels docks in Perth, Australia

A starboard beam view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BATON ROUGE (SSN 689) underway near La Maddalena, Italy.

Future French navy ships will have drone swarm killing power

In a statement, the DGA, France’s defense procurement agency announced, future French navy ships will be able...

Naval Group delivers D19 UUVs to French Navy

France’s Marine Nationale aka the French Navy has become the launch customer of the Naval Group's new...

French Navy maintains full fleet, repairing nuclear attack submarine ‘Perle’

In a statement, Florence Parly, the French Minister for Armed Forces, confirmed that the nuclear attack submarine...

France strategically appoints Christophe Penot as ambassador to Indo-Pacific region

In a development that marks France boldly pushing back China’s Communist Party’s growing influence in the region,...

French government maintains defense budget despite coronavirus-induced economic pressures

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis meets with Florence Parly, France’s minister of defense, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 20,...

Nexter Group awarded 7 year contract for CAESAR self-propelled howitzers

France has awarded the Nexter Group a second in-service support (ISS) contract for the CAESAR self-propelled howitzers.

Development phase of Eurodrone program to be completed before end of 2020

Defense Ministers from France and Germany have urged EU member states to speed up the progress of...

Belgium’s Herstal Group signs signs strategic agreement with France’s Nexter to modernize Belgian Army’s ground mobility capability

The Belgian subsidiary of the Herstal Group, FN Herstal, has signed a strategic contract with France’s Nexter...

France-Italy : much potential in a military partnership

After several successful but sector-specific military industrial partnerships, Italy may be the first to answer France and Germany’s call to finally unite...

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